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3 years
This program takes 3-year-olds in small groups (no more than 4 per instructor) and teaches them to be submerged under water, how to control their breath, and how to kick forward through the water. Classes are engaging, using imaginative daily themes.
They learn with you by their side,, allowing them to receive the attention and supervision needed for a successful class.
Whether your child is new to the water or has some experience, Emler is ready to help your toddler advance with the Waterbabies program.
Kids love to have fun as they learn and grow, and teaching an exciting swim class is essential to creating a comfortable atmosphere. Classes never include fear-provoking techniques or competition. Instead, classes focus on fun, positivity, and celebrating big and small achievements in the pool. Furthermore, the cheerful environment and complete support create a strong student-teacher bond. You can take comfort in knowing every teacher is trained, certified, and highly specialized in teaching young children to swim.
Emler has an award-winning curriculum and 48 years of experience, and this swim school promises your child will become a skilled swimmer. With progressive steps, your little one learns how to submerge underwater, hold their breath, roll over, and move independently.
If you are enrolling your child in Emler, be sure to browse through the “Your Child’s First Swim Lesson” guide for tips on making the experience easy for both you and your little one. In addition, you can learn how the facilities are designed and maintained for comfort, cleanliness, and safety for students, instructors, and parents in the “Emler Facilities” guide.
It is essential for young children to learn how to swim in an environment that works for their skills and experience level. This way, they can gain confidence and learn about water safety through positive reinforcement.
Emler Swim School Fort Worth offers age-appropriate classes with over 20 teaching levels to suit a range of skill levels.
You can find more tips by checking out Emler’s “Finding the Right Class for Your Child” guide.
Your toddler will learn water safety techniques that will last a lifetime. The lessons utilize songs, toys, and games, making them more fun.
In early stages, parents join their child in the water. But as their skills progress, your toddler will be with a teacher while you watch from outside the pool.
As your toddler improves their skills, they will first gain confidence in the water and learn to submerge comfortably for 8-10 seconds.
As their skill set improves, your child will learn to kick through the water, first for up to 3 feet and, at higher skill levels, for up to 10 feet.
At our X-treme Waterbabies level, your toddler will learn rollover breathing, an essential water safety skill where they learn to roll into a back float to take a new breath.
Throughout the toddler swimming lessons, the distance will get longer, the classes more fun, and the smiles wider!
These tots learn underwater breath control for 8-10 seconds! And they will learn to kick forward a distance of 5 feet through the water. They’ll have fun doing this, with daily games and to spark their enjoyment.
Kicking 5 feet is so yesterday – in the Advanced class now we learn to travel a distance of up to 12 feet! The games and themes continue to spark imagination AND the kids become familiar with the rollover breath.
Kicking progresses in the Super class up to a distance of 15 feet through the water, while completely mastering the rollover breath.
The group continues the fun and games as in this class the kids turn into true fishes – kicking a distance of 20 feet through the water while performing a rollover breath AND getting introduced to the all-important front breathing.
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Can your child... (select 1)
Remain submerged and hold their breath for 8-10 seconds
Swim ___ without flotation
Swim ___ competitive strokes
Recommended class/level:
Instruction on how to use bath time at home for socialization and bonding
Kick 10 feet through the water, introduce rollover breathing and a standing Jump, Turn & Swim
Themes and games are used to teach tots to kick 5 feet through the water and learn breath control
Themes are used to teach tots to kick 12 feet through the water and start to get a rollover breath
Extend distance to 20 feet with a rollover breath, and introduce a front breath
Swim 15-20 feet while improving independent front breath and introduce rollover breaths
Swim 20-30 feet while getting multiple independent front breaths and rolling breaths, treading water is introduced
Swim elementary backstroke 30-40 feet, swim freestyle with several independent rhythmic breaths 30-40 feet and treading water is mastered
Swim freestyle 80 feet with unilateral and bilateral rhythmic breathing and swim competitive backstroke 80 feet
Swim breaststroke 80 feet, swim freestyle 80 feet with bilateral rhythmic breathing and backstroke
Master endurance and the individual medley and learn swim team starts and finishes and introduce safety skills
